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If these pages contain a great deal about me, I can only suppose it must be because I have really something to do with them and can't be kept out. - Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Peeping out, more than once, when he reached the top, to make sure that he was unobserved, Noah Claypole darted away at his utmost speed, and made for the Jew’s house as fast as his legs would carry him.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Peeping out, more than once, when he reached the top, to make sure that he was unobserved, Noah Claypole darted away at his utmost speed, and made for the Jew’s house as fast as his legs would carry him.
#CharlesDickens
#OliverTwist
#BillAndNancy
#CharlesDickens
#OliverTwist
#BillAndNancy
After a time she arose, and with feeble and tottering steps ascended the street. The astonished listener remained motionless on his post for some minutes afterwards, and having ascertained, with many cautious glances round him, that he was again alone,
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
After a time she arose, and with feeble and tottering steps ascended the street. The astonished listener remained motionless on his post for some minutes afterwards, and having ascertained, with many cautious glances round him, that he was again alone,
Rose Maylie lingered, but the old gentleman drew her arm through his, and led her, with gentle force, away. As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Rose Maylie lingered, but the old gentleman drew her arm through his, and led her, with gentle force, away. As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears.
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“Hark!” cried the young lady, listening. “Did she call! I thought I heard her voice.”
“No, my love,” replied Mr. Brownlow, looking sadly back. “She has not moved, and will not till we are gone.”
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“No, my love,” replied Mr. Brownlow, looking sadly back. “She has not moved, and will not till we are gone.”
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February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“Hark!” cried the young lady, listening. “Did she call! I thought I heard her voice.”
“No, my love,” replied Mr. Brownlow, looking sadly back. “She has not moved, and will not till we are gone.”
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“No, my love,” replied Mr. Brownlow, looking sadly back. “She has not moved, and will not till we are gone.”
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The violent agitation of the girl, and the apprehension of some discovery which would subject her to ill-usage and violence, seemed to determine the gentleman to leave her, as she requested.
The sound of retreating footsteps were audible and the voices ceased.
The sound of retreating footsteps were audible and the voices ceased.
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The violent agitation of the girl, and the apprehension of some discovery which would subject her to ill-usage and violence, seemed to determine the gentleman to leave her, as she requested.
The sound of retreating footsteps were audible and the voices ceased.
The sound of retreating footsteps were audible and the voices ceased.
“No!” replied the girl. “I have not done this for money. Let me have that to think of. And yet—give me something that you have worn: I should like to have something—no, no, not a ring—your gloves or handkerchief—
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“No!” replied the girl. “I have not done this for money. Let me have that to think of. And yet—give me something that you have worn: I should like to have something—no, no, not a ring—your gloves or handkerchief—
“It will never reach your ears, dear lady, and God forbid such horrors should!” replied the girl. “Good-night, good-night!”
The gentleman turned away.
The gentleman turned away.
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“It will never reach your ears, dear lady, and God forbid such horrors should!” replied the girl. “Good-night, good-night!”
The gentleman turned away.
The gentleman turned away.
“Yes, yes,” urged the girl. “You have.”
“What,” cried the young lady, “can be the end of this poor creature’s life!”
“What!” repeated the girl. “Look before you, lady. Look at that dark water.
“What,” cried the young lady, “can be the end of this poor creature’s life!”
“What!” repeated the girl. “Look before you, lady. Look at that dark water.
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“Yes, yes,” urged the girl. “You have.”
“What,” cried the young lady, “can be the end of this poor creature’s life!”
“What!” repeated the girl. “Look before you, lady. Look at that dark water.
“What,” cried the young lady, “can be the end of this poor creature’s life!”
“What!” repeated the girl. “Look before you, lady. Look at that dark water.
“Home, lady,” rejoined the girl. “To such a home as I have raised for myself with the work of my whole life. Let us part. I shall be watched or seen. Go! Go! If I have done you any service all I ask is, that you leave me, and let me go my way alone.”
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“Home, lady,” rejoined the girl. “To such a home as I have raised for myself with the work of my whole life. Let us part. I shall be watched or seen. Go! Go! If I have done you any service all I ask is, that you leave me, and let me go my way alone.”
“No sir, I do not,” replied the girl, after a short struggle. “I am chained to my old life. I loathe and hate it now, but I cannot leave it. I must have gone too far to turn back,
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“No sir, I do not,” replied the girl, after a short struggle. “I am chained to my old life. I loathe and hate it now, but I cannot leave it. I must have gone too far to turn back,
Before the dawn of morning, before this river wakes to the first glimpse of day-light, you shall be placed as entirely beyond the reach of your former associates, and leave as utter an absence of all trace behind you, as if you were to disappear from the earth this moment.
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Before the dawn of morning, before this river wakes to the first glimpse of day-light, you shall be placed as entirely beyond the reach of your former associates, and leave as utter an absence of all trace behind you, as if you were to disappear from the earth this moment.
“You put yourself beyond its pale,” said the gentleman. “The past has been a dreary waste with you, of youthful energies mis-spent, and such priceless treasures lavished, as the Creator bestows but once and never grants again, but, for the future, you may hope.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
“You put yourself beyond its pale,” said the gentleman. “The past has been a dreary waste with you, of youthful energies mis-spent, and such priceless treasures lavished, as the Creator bestows but once and never grants again, but, for the future, you may hope.
“You will not persist in saying that,” rejoined the gentleman, with a voice and emphasis of kindness that might have touched a much harder and more obdurate heart. “Think now. Tell me.”
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
“You will not persist in saying that,” rejoined the gentleman, with a voice and emphasis of kindness that might have touched a much harder and more obdurate heart. “Think now. Tell me.”
“Now,” he said, returning: so it seemed by the sound: to the spot where he had stood before, “you have given us most valuable assistance, young woman, and I wish you to be the better for it. What can I do to serve you?”
“Nothing,” replied Nancy.
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“Nothing,” replied Nancy.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
“Now,” he said, returning: so it seemed by the sound: to the spot where he had stood before, “you have given us most valuable assistance, young woman, and I wish you to be the better for it. What can I do to serve you?”
“Nothing,” replied Nancy.
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“Nothing,” replied Nancy.
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As he expressed himself to this effect, with assumed carelessness, he took a step or two nearer the concealed spy, as the latter could tell from the distinctness with which he heard him mutter, “It must be he!”
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February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
As he expressed himself to this effect, with assumed carelessness, he took a step or two nearer the concealed spy, as the latter could tell from the distinctness with which he heard him mutter, “It must be he!”
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“A broad red mark, like a burn or scald?” cried the gentleman.
“How’s this?” said the girl. “You know him!”
The young lady uttered a cry of surprise, and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe.
“How’s this?” said the girl. “You know him!”
The young lady uttered a cry of surprise, and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe.
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“A broad red mark, like a burn or scald?” cried the gentleman.
“How’s this?” said the girl. “You know him!”
The young lady uttered a cry of surprise, and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe.
“How’s this?” said the girl. “You know him!”
The young lady uttered a cry of surprise, and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe.
The gentleman replied, in a hurried manner, that he was not conscious of having done so, and begged her to proceed.
“Part of this,” said the girl, “I have drawn out from other people at the house I tell you of, for I have only seen him twice, and both times he was covered up in a large cloak.
“Part of this,” said the girl, “I have drawn out from other people at the house I tell you of, for I have only seen him twice, and both times he was covered up in a large cloak.
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The gentleman replied, in a hurried manner, that he was not conscious of having done so, and begged her to proceed.
“Part of this,” said the girl, “I have drawn out from other people at the house I tell you of, for I have only seen him twice, and both times he was covered up in a large cloak.
“Part of this,” said the girl, “I have drawn out from other people at the house I tell you of, for I have only seen him twice, and both times he was covered up in a large cloak.
“He is tall,” said the girl, “and a strongly made man, but not stout; he has a lurking walk; and as he walks, constantly looks over his shoulder, first on one side, and then on the other.
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“He is tall,” said the girl, “and a strongly made man, but not stout; he has a lurking walk; and as he walks, constantly looks over his shoulder, first on one side, and then on the other.
From the manner in which she occasionally paused, it appeared as if the gentleman were making some hasty notes of the information she communicated. When she had thoroughly explained the localities of the place, the best position from which to watch it without exciting observation,
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From the manner in which she occasionally paused, it appeared as if the gentleman were making some hasty notes of the information she communicated. When she had thoroughly explained the localities of the place, the best position from which to watch it without exciting observation,
“I have been a liar, and among liars from a little child,” said the girl after another interval of silence, “but I will take your words.”
After receiving an assurance from both, that she might safely do so,
After receiving an assurance from both, that she might safely do so,
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“I have been a liar, and among liars from a little child,” said the girl after another interval of silence, “but I will take your words.”
After receiving an assurance from both, that she might safely do so,
After receiving an assurance from both, that she might safely do so,
“Then,” pursued the gentleman, “this Fagin shall not be brought to justice without your consent. In such a case I could show you reasons, I think, which would induce you to yield it.”
“Have I the lady’s promise for that?” asked the girl.
“Have I the lady’s promise for that?” asked the girl.
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“Then,” pursued the gentleman, “this Fagin shall not be brought to justice without your consent. In such a case I could show you reasons, I think, which would induce you to yield it.”
“Have I the lady’s promise for that?” asked the girl.
“Have I the lady’s promise for that?” asked the girl.
“What if he turns against the others?”
“I promise you that in that case, if the truth is forced from him, there the matter will rest;
“I promise you that in that case, if the truth is forced from him, there the matter will rest;
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“What if he turns against the others?”
“I promise you that in that case, if the truth is forced from him, there the matter will rest;
“I promise you that in that case, if the truth is forced from him, there the matter will rest;
“For one reason,” rejoined the girl firmly, “for one reason, that the lady knows and will stand by me in, I know she will, for I have her promise: and for this other reason, besides, that, bad life as he has led, I have led a bad life too;
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“For one reason,” rejoined the girl firmly, “for one reason, that the lady knows and will stand by me in, I know she will, for I have her promise: and for this other reason, besides, that, bad life as he has led, I have led a bad life too;
“I will not do it! I will never do it!” replied the girl. “Devil that he is, and worse than devil as he has been to me, I will never do that.”
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“I will not do it! I will never do it!” replied the girl. “Devil that he is, and worse than devil as he has been to me, I will never do that.”
“I repeat that I firmly believe it. To prove to you that I am disposed to trust you, I tell you without reserve, that we propose to extort the secret, whatever it may be, from the fear of this man Monks. But if—if—” said the gentleman,
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“I repeat that I firmly believe it. To prove to you that I am disposed to trust you, I tell you without reserve, that we propose to extort the secret, whatever it may be, from the fear of this man Monks. But if—if—” said the gentleman,